Kevin Nguyen, PharmD, BCIDP, is an assistant clinical professor in the Physician Assistant program in the College of Nursing and Health Professions at Drexel University.
Nguyen is a clinical pharmacist specialized in infectious diseases. After pharmacy school, he completed his PGY-1 Pharmacy residency at Jefferson Einstein Medical Center and went on to finish a PGY-2 Infectious Diseases residency at Boston Medical Center. Nguyen is the course director for all three Pharmacology and Therapeutics courses (I, II and III), while serving as a seminar leader for Ethics and advisor to students. He has been faculty with the PA program since the fall of 2024. He continues a strong interest in research and publications, specifically in the areas of gram-negative resistance, beta-lactam therapeutic drug monitoring, pharmacoeconomics and invasive pediatric infections.
Academic Distinctions
2023 Temple University 30 Under 30 Awardee
Professional Society
American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)
Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacist (SIDP)
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA)
Selected Publications
Sedlock, C. E., Cavaretta, M. J., Haines, A. J., Nguyen, K. B., Agarwal, N., & Gallagher, J. C. (2022). Appropriateness of prescribed oral antibiotic duration at the time of hospital discharge. Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE, 2(1), e105. https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.245
Urbach, H., Sileo, N., Lerma, S., Nguyen, K., Sosa Soto, G., Nielsen, M., Heiderich, A., Holsapple, J., Vuppula, S., & Campbell, J. I. (2024). Ceftaroline for Central Nervous System Infections: Case Report of a Young Infant, and Scoping Review. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 43(7), 663–668. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000004310
Nguyen, K. B., Jacobs, S., Tasnim, N., & Knorr, J. P. (2024). Evaluation of a clinical decision support alert to identify hepatic dysfunction and need for medication therapy adjustment in hospitalized patients. American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, zxae327. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxae327
Research Interests
Infectious Disease, gram-negative resistance, beta-lactam therapeutic drug monitoring, pharmacoeconomics and invasive pediatric infections